If Mike asserts something, he should prove it. If you assert something, it's just obvious and anyone questioning you is clearly a "Techdirt fanboy." It's impossible to disagree with you without being a dirty pirate criminal because only dirty pirate criminals would disagree with someone who is so clearly right that they shouldn't even be questioned.

Of course we all know you won't actually manage to prove that the harm was irreparable. If high priced lawyers for the entertainment industry can't prove it in court, how will an internet troll whose just looking for attention going to come up with a logical and legally sound argument?

Credit where credit is due. This guy is amazing! He spies on US citizens, lies to congress about it, lies directly to the American people, ADMITS he has been spying and lying - and ends up with the independent investigators WORKING OUT OF HIS OFFICES!

He is either the king of bulllshitting, or he has some very compromising pictures of both democratic and republican leaders.

I think he should be thrown in prison, but I'm not sure if it is because he is an awful individual or that I am just jealous.

And finally, because we've got a pattern forming, we'll take another break from the NSA to visit another reactionary public school. When a 7-year-old was suspended for bringing a novelty buzzing pen to school, one anonymous commenter offered the only conceivable defense for such lunacy:

The pen is mightier than the sword... maybe they have a case here.

And since we're on the subject of swords in schools, I'll end this post with a relevant screenshot from a recent episode of It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, because if you're like me then that's what you've been thinking of (and giggling about) since reading that comment. See you next week folks!